How far away is Jupiter?

Answer 1

It varies all the time, it is not a constant because the orbits are not in phase with one another. Jupiter takes 11.86 earth years to do a single orbit of the sun. We take one.

What we can calculate though is the maximum and minimum distance they can be apart from one another, given neither orbit is a perfect circle and they are both ellipses. To do that we will need some data.

We need to look at the data on the aphelion (the furthest point from the Sun) and the perihelion (the nearest point to the Sun) and the average distance from the Sun (the semi-major axis) for both planets and draw some conclusions from it.

JUPITER

Aphelion distance: 816,081,455 km (5.455 AU)
Perihelion distance: 740,742,598 km (4.951 AU)
Semi-major axis: 778,412,027 km (5.203 AU)

EARTH

Aphelion distance: 152,097,701 km (1.016 AU)
Perihelion distance: 147,098,074 km (0.983 AU)
Semi-major axis: 149,597,887.5 km (1.000 AU)

We can get an approximate idea by Ignoring aphelion and perihelion for the moment and assuming both orbits are circular and use the semi-major axis as the average distance of each planet from the Sun

Jupiter is approx 5,2 AU from the Sun. This means that when Jupiter and Earth are aligned and on the same side of the sun as one another the distance between then can be as low as 4.2 AU. But when Jupiter is on the far side of the Sun from the Earth it becomes more like 6.2 AU,

Taking aphelion (farthest distance from the Sun) and perihelion (nearest distance to the Sun) into a0ccount however ,,,

We add the two aphelions for the maximum distance apart (6.471 AU) (968,179,156 kms) and we subtract Earth's aphelion from Jupiter's perihelion for the minimum distance apart (3.9355 AU) (588,644,897 kms).

A somewhat wider range therefore.

Answer 2

If you shrunk the Earth to the size of a pea Jupiter would be 300 metres away and Pluto would be 2 and a half kilometres away.
All those solar system maps you see at school are nowhere near to the real scale of the solar system, they're just made that way to fit on the paper.
As for the exact mileage from Earth please refer to top answer.

Answer 3

From the solar to Jupiter averages 5.2 AU - a mild 12 months is sixty 3,241 AUs. So from the solar to Jupiter is 0.0000822 mild years. Astronomers does no longer use mild years as a distance length for products in our photograph voltaic gadget - the sunshine 12 months is basically too great to be significant over short distances.

Answer 4

Jupiter's Minimum Distance from Sun: 460 million miles
Jupiter's Maximum Distance from Sun: 508 million miles

Earth's Minimum Distance from Sun: 91 million miles
Earth's Maximum Distance from Sun: 94.5 million miles

Jupiters Minimum Distance from Earth: 365.5 million miles
Jupiters Maximum Distance from Earth: 602.5 million miles

Roughly...

At its closest, excluding the moon, it is the second brightest star in the night sky, second only to venus.
But only just.

Answer 5

Minimum Distance from Earth: 588 million km
(365 million miles)

Answer 6

Minimum Distance from Sun: 741 million km
(460 million miles)

Maximum Distance from Sun: 817 million km
(508 million miles)

Minimum Distance from Earth: 588 million km
(365 million miles)

Answer 7

Jupiter is 5.2 AU away from sun..
From Mars to Jupiter. 3.6791 AU. From Jupiter to Saturn. 4.336 AU ...

Answer 8

Minimum distance from Earth588 million km
(365 million miles)

Answer 9

Jupiter is:
Dist from EARTH: 4.70352591 AU (703,637,461 km)

Answer 10

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